BoeingFan88

GOT IT TO WORK!! Seems like my problem was not with my folders or .cfg file but the fact that I was searching for the plane the wrong way in ut2. I was trying to find the model by working through the ut2 selection column and not the FSX selection column. I had watched a tutorial video on youtube and it seemed to be done this way. Thank you AnkH for the detailed explanation on how to find the model in ut2! Thank you everyone for chiming in and trying to help...its much appreciated! If I have any more trouble in the future I'll know where to ask

Thanks for all the help guys!. Can't try this out tonight but should have enough time to try again in a day or two and see where it gets me. I'll let you know where I get and if I still have issues I will try to post screenshots.

For further clarification these are what the first couple of lines look like in the .cfg folder: [fltsim.0] title=AI B738W VOZ sim=FAIB_7378 model=winglets texture=VOZ atc_airline=VIRGIN atc_parking_codes=VOZ atc_parking_types=GATE ui_manufacturer=Boeing ui_type=B737-800W ui_variation=Virgin Australia description=Standard [General] atc_type=BOEING atc_model=B738 editable=0 performance= Category = airplane The lines under the fltsim.0 heading is what I copied and pasted from the texture readme.

Well, still can't figure this out. Don't know why it has to be so difficult because it should be simple, but its not :/ I'm just trying to get some Virgin Australia repaints in the sim. Went to FAIB which I had tried before with no luck, and again downloaded the model. I'm going to explain exactly what I did because maybe I'm missing a minor step. This time I don't even see the model in the ut2 repaints. I downloaded a compressed file called FAIB7378V13. Inside this were a couple of folders. I went to the fsx folder and inside that was a folder titled FAIB_737_800_W. Since I knew I was going to get a repaint for winglets, I copied this into my ut2 folder. I then downloaded the repaint. There was a readme inside this download that talked about how inside the texture folder you will find textures for FSX-DXT5 and FS9-DXT3. Now it doesn't seem so cut and dry when I open this texture folder because what I see in the texture.VOZ folder is a folder titled fs9 and then two texture files by themselves. I'm guessing these two texture files are the ones for FSX? Kind of confusing. Anyways I copied those two texture files and put them into a new folder that I titled texture.VOZ. I then pasted this into the FAIB_737_800_W folder. I then went to change the .cfg file that came with this model and followed just what the readme in the repaint download told me to do. I copied the fltsim.x entry that came with the repaint readme and pasted it into the .cfg folder. The .cfg folder had no previous entries, just a note at the very top that said paste flightsim entries here. So that is what I did, and I renamed the entry fltsim.0. When I went to the ut2 repaint area and selected the 737-800w and Virgin Australia, I didn't even see the FAIB model in the dropdown options. Last night, when I did this I remember seeing the model but not the repaint in the variants dropdown box. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Disclaimer: I'm not super well-versed in repaints, changing .cfg entries, and manipulating folders around. I would say I'm an average joe at this. I've looked at some how to stuff but I feel that some things are briefly mentioned that for a person like me may need a bit more explaining and emphasis. Hopefully from the steps I described above someone can figure out what might be the issue, because I know there are a lot of well-versed people on here Thanks again for helping this newbie out!

Hello all, I'm sure there are some ut2 users on here so here is my problem. I'm wanting to add some repaints to UT2, and even though I believe to be following all the directions, these said repaints are not showing up. For example, I download opensky's 737-800w base model and paste into my ut2 aircraft folder. I also download the specific 737-800 model that the repaint needs and paste it into this base model folder. Then I download the repaint that I want and paste the texture file into this same base model folder. I copy the texture cfg and paste it into the aircraft cfg folder and do everything that the readme file says. Open up ut2 and try to add the repaint, but the only thing I see is the base model livery but no specific repaints. So I'm seeing the model but not the repaint for that model. I'm scratching my head on this one because it should work. Any ideas what the problem may be?

Robert and team, Will SP1 by chance address any of the freezing issues some users have been having? I know its being looked into, but I am just wondering what the status on that issue is. Joel

Thanks for the reply, I will keep asking around but I believe you are right...it makes sense! Joel

Hey ya'll, I just updated PFPX with the most current AIRAC cycle and noticed that it ran through an update of the stored routes after the update. It showed there was 4,000 or so routes out of date. Is it recommended to delete them? Im concerned about losing alot of stored routes if I do this...the count would probably go from 9,000 or so to around 5,000. Joel

I also had a similar problem with Navigraph and the 777 . I just had installed the new data in the PMDG/NAVDATA folder, but when I started my sim the FMC still showed the AIRAC cycle that came with the plane. Looking into it, it seemed that Navigraph made a new subfolder within the NAVDATA folder called 777, and inside this were two folders with the new data, titled Navdata and Sidstars respectively. The old data was still in the basic NAVDATA folder. I deleted these, but the FMC then said that i had no nav data available. I then cut and pasted the new data and put it in the basic folder where the old data originally was and it finally worked. Any reason why the installation made these new subfolders even when I told the Navigraph manager just to put them in the PMDG/NAVDATA folder? Why cant the FMC recognize the new data in these subfolders? I thought this was all automatic but apparently one has to do some cutting and pasting to make it work, all the while manually deleting the old data. Is this a pretty standard procedure? Im new to updating the navigation database so I had no idea what to expect.

I made a previous post about this before, but it seems like when taxiing the 777 I find that I need to keep the N1 at least 23.5% or more to keep the plane moving, and the plane will keep gaining groundspeed. But, lowering the N1 any less will eventually slow the plane down to a stop. There doesn't seem to be much middle ground and it seems that I always have to keep adjusting power to have it at the right speed. How realistic is this? The reason why I'm asking this question is two fold. 1) I was recently talking with a person who was both an FO on the 747 and a captain on the 767 during his career, and he said that you could taxi both planes on idle power once they started to move. I know the 777 is a different plane but you would think that you could do the same with it once it starts to move. 2) I was on a 777-200ER going from Tokyo to Singapore not too long ago, and we taxied what seemed to be on idle in Tokyo. We were crawling because of all the traffic on the ground. If I tried this on the PMDG 777 the plane would eventually come to a stop. It seems like it would be hard to keep it at a speed of 10 kts or less. Maybe its an FSX limitation with the coding on how the plane interacts with the ground, but could anyone chime in who knows how the real B777 taxies and how it compares to the PMDG 777? From what Ive experienced on the plane and from what I've heard something doesn't seem to be quite accurate.

Well that did fix the issue! Switching on the VHF was the trick. I think VATSIM is great...still need to get it on my new computer. But i agree the spread can be limited at times...I rather have something than nothing. Is there any add on for flight Sim that replicates ATC with realistic instructions? That would be something else if an add on came about with realistic ATC that covered that globe...but maybe that's too big an undertaking.

Hello, Ever since I got the 777 it seems that whenever I load the provided panel states from the FMC it is hard to get the default, FSX ATC utility to work properly. The main issues being the when I open up the ATC window and try select any of the options with the numbers on my keypad, they all seem to be stuck. What I mean by this is, you can see the window responding to the keystroke (the line highlighting like its being selected) but it wont go to the next window. I've tried to mainly set the frequencies in the Comms but that doesn't work. If I don't load a panel state it works fine. Suggestions? Thanks, Joel

Looks like I'm bringing life to this topic again! Was about to post about but then saw this thread. I've noticed that I have not heard the 50 foot callout even though I turned it ON in the FMC aircraft options. I hear the other callouts but that one. Thoughts?

Sounds good. I've not actually tweaked my .cfg file at all with the exception of adding a couple of necessary lines (highmemfix for instance). So, I guess my freezes aren't related to that. If I was going to add any kind of tweak to experiment with would you recommend adding affinitymask=14? That and buffer pools are the two things that I seem to keep reading about for tweaking. But, I do see how too much of it can be bad. Hopefully I can figure out what causes those freezes...it only happens in cruise with the PMDG 777. Might have to wait and see what PMDG finds out and in the meantime experiment. Thanks for all the advice...I appreciate it

Interesting. Aren't there some airliners that like to keep moving with idle thrust with an average fuel/payload combo onboard? I could have sworn I heard this somewhere. Maybe I was mistaken and its more of the narrow bodies that do this over the heavies. I don't fly the NGX but can that normally be taxied on idle thrust once it gets going?

Thanks for the advice Jim! I actually already did that uninstall and reinstall of SP2 but I might look at those scenery and indexes files. Exactly what kind of issues would I be seeing with improperly configured terrain.cfg, facilities, and scenery indexes files? Everything is working great...the only thing that is an issue would be my PMDG 777 freezing for around 5 minutes or so during cruise....but this is also being reported by quite a bit of other people. Could that be related to anything being improperly configured? I've heard about the dll.xml file but how exactly do you disable the modules and then enable them through trial and error? Sorry, I'm alright with computers but I am definitely no whiz. Thanks a bunch!

Maybe 15-20 kts

I see. I thought this might be the case. But even on the tutorial flight, with 76,000 lbs. of fuel, I still need some thrust to keep the 777 moving. Wouldn't this be a pretty light plane?

Hello, I recently heard that when installing SP1 and SP2 you want to open up FSX after each install and perform maybe a five second flight. So, optimally, you install FSX, open it and perform a five second flight, then close it. Then you install SP1 and SP2 and repeat these steps for each of those installs. Apparently doing this will make sure your system registries are up to date. Well, I found this all out after installing everything at once and now with all my addons it would be a pain to have to wipe everything out and do it all over again. Has anyone else heard of this as well and what problems can occur if you don't do this? Any way I can check if my system registries are up to date? Thanks, Joel

Hey all, Just was wondering how much thrust it takes you guys to keep the 777 moving when taxiing. Before I got the aircraft I was under the impression that, like all planes, you need a bit of thrust to get the plane initially moving but once that happens (with those big GE-90 engines) the plane can taxi with idle thrust pretty much (except maybe when turning). Maybe I was wrong because, for me, once I get the plane moving I will need to keep a bit of thrust throughout the taxi (even in a straight line). If I bring the power levers down to idle the 777 will slow down to an eventual stop. Is this realistic? Joel

In all honesty I want PMDG to take their time so that they can give us an awesome update to an already awesome plane. For example, if its going to take a month longer to figure out where that freezing issue comes from, then I will be more than happy to wait a month longer (or more) for a possible solution. In their bug tracking thread, there are around four items that they still are investigating (freezing one of them). Why not wait for fixes of those issues to be found before releasing the SP (if they can be found in an acceptable time frame).

Just completed the tutorial flight. I just had one freeze for the whole thing that lasted 7 minutes or so. Again it only happens at cruise...I never have a problem in any other phase of flight as others have mentioned. Hopefully this can get resolved with the upcoming service pack. Until then im going to be seeing what other information I can find . I doubt it, it seems too many other people have had the same problem on their tower PC's...some even worse. This is a new gaming laptop that I got in December. My drivers are up to date and just downloaded Nvidia Inspector. Even without having it on 1/2 Vsync the issue seemed better this time with "force on" selected. Will do more flights and see what happens.

Nevermind I think I found it. Inspector sure is intuitive when trying to find the link to all the preference settings :mellow: Seems like mine is on VSYNCMODE_PASSIVE. So try Force on and see what happens? I don't see a setting for 1/2Vsync.

Where exactly do you do this? I have Nvidia Inspector but I don't see anything relating to Vsync...nor can I find it in the cfg

OK I have some new info: It seems that this is the same problem a lot of people have been reporting. FSX will freeze for almost 10 minutes, then unfreeze but the fuel will be used up as if it had never frozen. Then 2 minutes later it freezes again. I turned some of my slider settings down to see if this would help, but it still occurred. I had my AI traffic down to 10% or so. I don't see how AI could cause this with a setting so low and no AI in the area. I tried some of the suggestions mentioned in the other forum but this did not work. I don't have FSUIPC so that's not the issue. Ryan do you have any ideas? I pray that you guys will find some kind of fix with the update that's going to be released because I don't think I can fly this until it gets resolved :(